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Disappeared from Hollywood and worked for American Airway as a co-pilot under the alias “Charles Howard” in 1932 to learn about all the different aspect of commercial flying. Set a straightaway record of 212 miles per hour in 1933 at Los Angeles Municipal Airport.
He was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 1973 and was included in Flying magazine's 2013 list of the 51 Heroes of Aviation, ranked at No. 25. During his final years, Hughes extended his financial empire to include several major businesses in Las Vegas, such as real estate, hotels, casinos, and media outlets.
Houston, Texas, native and business tycoon Howard Hughes developed a love of aviation at age 14 when he took his first airplane ride. In the 1930s he set a number of speed records in his Hughes H-1 Racer, one of the first aircraft to incorporate flush riveting to decrease drag.
The National Aviation Hall of Fame is located adjacent to the National Museum of the United States Air Force. The museum covers many areas of flight including military, commercial, general and sport aviation, as well as space flight.
Howard Hughes established many aviation records and received many prestigious awards, including the Octave Chanute Award, the Collier trophy, and the Harmon trophy. In 1941 he received a special Congressional Medal for his 1938 around-the-world flight.
13 de abr. de 2021 · American business magnate Howard Hughes holds such a legacy, which left a permanent mark on aviation. Let's take a look back at Hughes' action-packed life as an aircraft designer, pilot, and airline executive.
Howard Robard Hughes Jr, film producer, film director and aviator, studied at the California Institute of Technology, inheriting his father’s machine tool company in 1923 and developed it into a corporate conglomerate. In 1926 he ventured into films, producing Hell’s Angels, Scarface, and The Outlaw, as well as several others of lesser fame.
